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Man Loses Life Savings Playing Carnival Game, Wins Giant Banana
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FatherAbraham
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On the bright side, he did win a giant banana with dreadlocks.
Great investments of our time:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/01/man-loses-life-savings-playing-carnival-game-wins-giant-banana/
Warmest regards,
FA
Great investments of our time:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/01/man-loses-life-savings-playing-carnival-game-wins-giant-banana/
Warmest regards,
FA
Thus the old Gentleman ended his Harangue. The People heard it, and approved the Doctrine, and immediately practised the Contrary, just as if it had been a common Sermon; for the Vendue opened ...
THE WAY TO WEALTH, Benjamin Franklin, 1758 AD
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That banana is cool though! so worth $2600! :cool:Saved so far - £28,890.97
~Selfish is the name that the jealous give to the free~Save 12k in 2019 #18 £5,489.43/120000 -
Lucky guy to win that fantastic banana.
I never win anything.
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We obviously need an international "Tubs of Fun" task force set up, going round the world checking out these games, and a priority regulator set up with immediate flyer prints to every household warning against these games, legislators should drop everything and pass some new laws, a new education department set up to (cont. on page 93)0
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Man loses life........................................................................savings0
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The banana is pretty cool and also appears to have more brains than the guy who won it.0
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Fairground sideshows, known for good honest games for hundreds of years.0
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I bet he was also "mis" sold PPI.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
gadgetmind wrote: »I bet he was also "mis" sold PPI.
To be fair, a guy who doesn't realise he is getting conned by fairground games isn't even more naive than someone who thinks he isn't getting conned by his banks financial advisers.Having a signature removed for mentioning the removal of a previous signature. Blackwhite bellyfeel double plus good...0 -
Things worked out well for him.
http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6888354/we-bought-this-guys-dreadlocks-banana-for-26000
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